DSCN1527 Museu do Azulejo (as shot)
from a description of the Museu Nacional do Azulejo on the Lisbon Tourism Guide website, www.lisbonportugaltourism.com :
"Tile art is a common feature throughout the Mediterranean, but only Lisbon has a museum exclusively dedicated to it. It's a must-see, one-of-a-kind attraction, housed in a magnificent old convent from 1509, and with a collection featuring pieces going back to the 1400s. It explains the origins and evolution of the art in Portugal, which ended up being the country with the vastest and most innovative uses of tiles.
From the old convent remains a small Manueline (a Portuguese Gothic and Renaissance style) cloister and a stunning church, which makes the museum one of Lisbon's most beautiful sights. The church's tile panels are among the main highlights of the collection, and the gilded woodwork is one of the finest of several exceptional examples of the kind in the city."
DSCN1527 Museu do Azulejo (as shot)
from a description of the Museu Nacional do Azulejo on the Lisbon Tourism Guide website, www.lisbonportugaltourism.com :
"Tile art is a common feature throughout the Mediterranean, but only Lisbon has a museum exclusively dedicated to it. It's a must-see, one-of-a-kind attraction, housed in a magnificent old convent from 1509, and with a collection featuring pieces going back to the 1400s. It explains the origins and evolution of the art in Portugal, which ended up being the country with the vastest and most innovative uses of tiles.
From the old convent remains a small Manueline (a Portuguese Gothic and Renaissance style) cloister and a stunning church, which makes the museum one of Lisbon's most beautiful sights. The church's tile panels are among the main highlights of the collection, and the gilded woodwork is one of the finest of several exceptional examples of the kind in the city."